Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DIETZ, NOE ROBERT

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774 3791

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Analysis

Noe Robert Dietz examines cases in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3774. With 5 resolved cases, the examiner currently has an allowance rate of 0.0 percent. This indicates that none of the applications reaching a resolution under this examiner have resulted in a grant. This 0.0 percent rate presents a significant challenge for practitioners in Art Unit 3774.

The interview lift is also 0.0 percent, and the median days to allowance is 1308. These figures suggest a prolonged prosecution cycle without the benefit of an interview-based boost. Given the small number of 5 resolved cases, these performance metrics may shift as the examiner's docket matures. However, the current data points toward a difficult and lengthy path to allowance. Practitioners can use the 1308-day median as a preliminary benchmark for the time required to reach a resolution in these cases.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

0.0%
Allow Rate
-70.0% vs TC avg
32
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1308
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 5 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
25.9%
§102 Novelty
50.0%
§103 Obviousness
19.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18490657 ENHANCING SLEEP QUALITY Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18172939 IMPLANTABLE DEVICE FOR SIZING AN INFLATABLE MEMBER Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18214561 SLEEP AID APPARATUS AND CONTROL THEREOF Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18527867 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR ACCOMMODATING VENTRICULAR EXPANSION Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18256327 IMPLANTABLE SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL IMPLANT Final Rejection Cochlear Limited
18266107 WEARABLE DEVICE FOR VIBROTACTILE AND/OR THERMAL NERVE STIMULATION Final Rejection Bose Corporation
17981400 EMOTIONAL CARE APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
18317996 Method for operating a medical radiation therapy arrangement, and medical radiation therapy arrangement Final Rejection Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
18213406 IN-SITU FENESTRATION DEVICES WITH ACTUATED CUTTER STRUTS Final Rejection Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18030467 COMPUTATIONAL PLANNING OF SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
18576228 ELECTRIC TASTE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND ELECTRIC TASTE TESTING DEVICE Final Rejection UBeing inc.

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